DALGLEN (NO. 1812) LIMITED
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Cash
£9.4M
-40.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£18M
+4.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
1,362
-1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2.7M
-29.1% first positive since 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £92,861,112 | £104,982,324 | +13.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£5,000 | £6,438,140 | £5,100,610 | -20.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,924,481 | -£5,000 | £3,769,358 | £2,671,528 | -29.1% | |
| Net profit | £5,924,481 | -£5,000 | £3,804,862 | £859,077 | -77.4% | |
| Cash | £2 | £2 | £15,754,775 | £9,385,271 | -40.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £800 | -£4,200 | £75,364,012 | £74,329,206 | -1.4% | |
| Net assets | — | -£4,200 | £17,562,739 | £18,421,816 | +4.9% | |
| Equity | £800 | -£4,200 | £17,562,739 | £18,421,816 | +4.9% | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | 1,379 | 1,362 | -1.2% | |
| Wages | — | — | £45,523,969 | £49,957,710 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £443,382 | £221,000 | -50.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 6.9% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.1% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 8.5% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 83.7% | 82.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.00x | 1.12x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 2.33x | 1.88x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DALGLEN (NO. 1812) LIMITED · parent
- Arranglen Limited 100%
- McGill's Bus Service Limited 100%
- Loch Lomond Bus Services Limited 100%
- McGill's City Connect Limited 100%
- Smoothie Cruisers Limited 100%
- Taybus Holdings Limited 100%
- Tayside Public Transport Company Limited 100%
- McGill's Scotland East Limited 100%
- Midland Bluebird Limited 100%
- Eastern Scottish Omnibuses Limited 100%
- Loch Lomond Travel Limited 100%
- Clayhunt Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 4 July 2025 the Group acquired the entire share capital of Prentice Westwood Limited, a company incorporated in Scotland.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASDALE, Alexander Burke | Director | 2025-07-03 | Apr 1968 | British |
| EASDALE, James | Director | 2017-07-05 | Mar 1971 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seiip Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2017-08-29 | Active |
| Mr James Easdale | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-07-05 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-03-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-03-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-10 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-11-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-02-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.